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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1956
Page
11
Enthusiasm runs high as Lancaster County fairs showcase farm and home displays across departments including farm equipment dairy beef swine poultry and arts. Competition grows keener with old masters returning and youth learning from judges while overlapping show dates challenge coverage.
Peaches priced at 500 a bushel and melons at 200 a dozen illustrate the high costs of pilot crops at three DuPont farms in Delaware Florida and North Carolina. Biologists and aides cultivate multiple crops on over 75 acres to gather data from notebook farmers to improve crops and food prices for U S consumers and possibly save farmers hundreds or thousands of dollars in the long run.
USDA tests found no detectable stilbestrol in meat from Beltsville fed steers given 10, 30, or 60 mg daily for three months or more and slaughtered about 48 hours later. Larger doses proved less effective than the standard 10 mg per day, helping end residue concerns in beef. Caution remains for brood sows in swine feeding programs.
A retrospective from 1906 highlights cotton export values topping 400 million dollars with Britain leading raw cotton purchases. Other notes include Pensacola hurricane deaths and damage, a vast Mahonoy City coal seam discovery, oversized elephant ears in Ephrata, Chicago meat recalls, arson and fire losses in Paradise area, and a deer open season resolution.
Albert Barrett of near Rising Sun Maryland was blindsided while cutting corn when a thief sneaked up from behind, snuffed his face, knocked him down, and took $1500. Barrett, caretaker of the West Nottingham Friends Meeting house, distrusted banks and carried cash. Twenty five years ago this week the Eby Fertilizer Company building is noted.
Pomona Grange No. 71 will hold a fall meeting in the Berks County area at the Baerville Fire Hall Saturday October 20 at 8 pm Pomona Master S Ralphy Ner is in charge The A F L C 10 announced its long dead organizing campaign is under way focusing on southern textiles and cooperative processing
A September 30, 1956 lesson reflects on the biblical command Come as a call from Spirit and Bride to seek God. It notes human estrangement from God, the Church’s role in extending welcome, and the personal choice of coming, with emphasis on free will and divine invitation.
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